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Managing diabetes in Asia: Overcoming obstacles and the role of DPP-IV inhibitors
24 October 2011
Abstract: Asia bears the world's greatest burden of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and prevalence is increasing rapidly. Compared to other races, Asians develop T2DM younger, at a lower degree of obesity, suf...
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Yi-Ming Mu,
Anoop Misra,
John M.F. Adam,
Siew Pheng Chan,
Francis C.C. Chow,
Elaine Cheeay Cunanan,
Chaicharn Deerochanawong,
Hak Chul Jang,
Nguyen Thy Khue,
Wayne H.-H. Sheu,
Kevin E.K. Tan
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Diabetologist's perspective on practice of evidence based diabetes management in India
17 October 2011
Abstract: Diabetes demands early diagnosis, prompt treatment, continuous monitoring and follow up. Physicians play a pivotal role in diabetes management. However, evidence suggests that sub-optimal kn...
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Habib Hasan,
Sanjay Zodpey,
Abhay Saraf
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189-193
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Life prolonging of disease management programs in patients with type 2 diabetes is cost-effective
17 October 2011
Abstract: Aim: Our objective was to examine the cost-effectiveness of disease management programs (DMPs) for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) taking into account their life prolonging effect. Methods: ...
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A. Drabik,
G. Büscher,
P.T. Sawicki,
K. Thomas,
C. Graf,
D. Müller,
S. Stock
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194-200
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The growth arrest-specific 6 (Gas6) gene polymorphism c.834+7G>A is associated with type 2 diabetes
28 September 2011
Abstract: Aims: The plasma protein growth arrest-specific 6 (Gas6) is important to the inflammatory process and involved in the development of diabetic renal and vascular complications. Recently, Gas6...
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Chien-Hsing Lee,
Nain-Feng Chu,
Yi-Shing Shieh,
Yi-Jen Hung
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201-206
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Changes in dietary habits and their association with metabolic markers after a non-intensive, community-based lifestyle intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes, in Greece. The DEPLAN study
28 September 2011
Abstract: Aims: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact on dietary and activity habits of a non-intensive, community based lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes prevention, in hig...
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Meropi D. Kontogianni,
Stavros Liatis,
Sofia Grammatikou,
Despoina Perrea,
Nikolaos Katsilambros,
Konstantinos Makrilakis
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207-214
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Using a combined motivational and volitional intervention to promote exercise and healthy dietary behaviour among undergraduates
04 November 2011
Abstract: Aims: This study tested the impact of combining a motivational intervention based on protection motivation theory (PMT, Rogers, 1983 ) plus a volitional intervention based on action planning...
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Ying Zhang,
Richard Cooke
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215-223
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Health care professionals’ understanding and day-to-day practice of patient empowerment in diabetes; time to pause for thought?
31 October 2011
Abstract: This exploratory study examines what Health Care Professionals (HCPs) working with diabetes patients, understand by the term ‘empowerment’, their attitudes towards it and whether they believ...
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K. Asimakopoulou,
P. Newton,
A.J. Sinclair,
S. Scambler
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224-229
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Association of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 gene polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome
24 October 2011
Abstract: Aims: Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (PDK4) plays a crucial role in glucose utilization and lipid metabolism by regulating the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) and is an emerging therap...
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Seong-Su Moon,
Jung-Eun Lee,
Young-Sil Lee,
Su-Won Kim,
Nam Ho Jeoung,
In-Kyu Lee,
Jung-Guk Kim
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230-236
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High-intensity aerobic training improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in patients with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus
31 October 2011
Abstract: Background: The aim of this study is to compare the effect of physical exercise program on the endothelial function of patients with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods:...
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Carlos Alberto da Silva,
Jorge P. Ribeiro,
Júlio César A.U. Canto,
Ronaldo Ernani da Silva,
Geraldo B. Silva Junior,
Edson Botura,
Marco Antonio R. Malschitzky
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237-245
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Elevated micronuclei frequency in type 2 diabetes with high glycosylated hemoglobin
11 November 2011
Abstract: Aim: The role of oxidative damage to DNA due to hyperglycemia is well known. In the current study we have evaluated the induction of micronuclei due to increased glycosylation in type 2 diab...
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Suresh K.G. Shettigar,
C. Shailaja,
Ratnakar K. Kulkarni
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246-250
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High free fatty acids level related with cardiac dysfunction in obese rats
16 November 2011
Abstract: Aim: To determine whether reducing free fatty acids (FFAs) concentration has a protective effect on cardiac structure and function in high-fat-diet-induced obese rat. Methods: Sprague–Dawley...
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Xiaodong Sun,
Hua Pan,
Huiwen Tan,
Yerong Yu
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251-259
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HLA-DQB1 genotypes and islet cell autoantibodies against GAD65 and IA-2 in relation to development of diabetes post partum in women with gestational diabetes mellitus
21 November 2011
Abstract: Aims: To study HLA-DQB1 genes and islet cell autoantibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GADA) and insulinoma antigen-2 (IA-2A) in relation to diabetes post partum in mothers with...
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Anastasia Papadopoulou,
Kristian F. Lynch,
Eva Anderberg,
Mona Landin-Olsson,
Ida Hansson,
Carl-David Agardh,
Åke Lernmark,
Kerstin Berntorp
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260-264
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Retinal microvascular calibre and risk of incident diabetes: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
16 November 2011
Abstract: Aim: To prospectively examine the association of retinal microvascular signs with incident diabetes and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in a multi-ethnic population-based cohort. Methods: The...
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Joanne Wen Yee Yau,
Jing Xie,
Ecosse Lamoureux,
Ronald Klein,
Barbara E.K. Klein,
Mary Frances Cotch,
Alain G. Bertoni,
Steven Shea,
Tien Y. Wong
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Metabolic syndrome in adult cancer survivors: A meta-analysis
11 November 2011
Abstract: Background: Cross-sectional studies have reported inconsistent findings on whether the risk of metabolic syndrome is high among cancer survivors. We conducted a meta-analysis of cross-sectio...
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Hyun-Suk Jung,
Seung-Kwon Myung,
Byung-Su Kim,
Hong Gwan Seo
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275-282
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Impact of introducing HbA1c into the diagnostic criteria on prevalence and cardiovascular risk profiles of individuals with newly diagnosed diabetes in Japan: The Toranomon Hospital Health Management Center Study 2 (TOPICS 2)
21 November 2011
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the impact of HbA1c for diagnosis of diabetes and investigate whether cardiovascular risks profiles differ among individuals with diabetes diagnosed by HbA1c or fastin...
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Yoriko Heianza,
Shigeko Hara,
Yasuji Arase,
Kazumi Saito,
Hiroshi Tsuji,
Satoru Kodama,
Shiun Dong Hsieh,
Yasumichi Mori,
Minoru Okubo,
Nobuhiro Yamada,
Kinori Kosaka,
Hirohito Sone
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283-290
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Validity evaluation of recently published diabetes risk scoring models in a general Chinese population
30 November 2011
Abstract: The study aimed to assess the validity of some recently published diabetes risk scoring models in a general Chinese population. In 2007, there was a re-examination of 711 individuals who wer...
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Sen He,
Xiaoping Chen,
Kaijun Cui,
Yong Peng,
Kai Liu,
Zhengbing Lv,
Rui Yang,
Xiaoyan Zhou
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291-298
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Using Shiffman's political priority model for future diabetes advocacy
16 January 2012
Securing political priority for diabetes has long been an issue for the global diabetes community. We have seen a ‘diabetes paradox’ on the international agenda; while the disease is epidemic in scale...
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Ann Keeling
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Contributing factors related to efficacy of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor sitagliptin in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes
07 September 2011
Patients’ characteristics related to efficacy of sitagliptin were examined in 345 Japanese individuals with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes whose baseline characteristics are shown in . Patien...
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Takashi Nomiyama,
Yuko Akehi,
Hiromasa Takenoshita,
Ryoko Nagaishi,
Yuichi Terawaki,
Hisahiro Nagasako,
Tadachika Kudo,
Takehiko Kodera,
Kunihisa Kobayashi,
Hidenori Urata,
Toshihiko Yanase,
members of CHAT
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e27-e28
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Comment on: Clinical application of best practice guidelines for genetic diagnosis of MODY2
28 November 2011
Clinical guidelines for molecular diagnosis of monogenic forms of diabetes have been recently published . Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) prevalence in Caucasian population is estimated to...
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A. Salina,
C. Aloi,
L. Pasquali,
A. Mascagni,
M. Cassanello,
R. Tallone,
F. Lugani,
R. Lorini,
G. d’Annunzio
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e29-e30
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Cervical necrotizing fasciitis and a descending mediastinal abscess caused by acute epiglottitis with diabetes mellitus: A life-threatening complication
16 November 2011
Abstract: Cervical necrotizing fasciitis and a descending mediastinal abscess of the neck following acute epiglottitis, life-threatening complications, is reported in a 43-year-old man with DM. The ba...
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Rongming Ge,
Yong Mao,
Xiao-lin Zhang,
Shao-qiang Zheng
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e31-e33
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Management of gestational diabetes mellitus in a public hospital setting in India: Lessons from a minimalist approach
30 November 2011
Abstract: We designed a safe minimalistic model of GDM management which could be conveniently implemented in resource-constrained settings in developing countries. Pregnancy outcomes in the normal con...
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Abhishek Maiti,
Koushik Nandi,
Sudip Chatterjee
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e34-e36
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Replication study of common variants in CDKAL1 and CDKN2A/2B genes associated with type 2 diabetes in Lebanese Arab population
28 November 2011
Abstract: We investigated the association of CDKAL1 (rs7754840 and rs7756992) and CDKN2A/2B (rs10811661) variants with T2DM. Higher MAF of rs7754840 and rs7756992 were seen in patients, and both were ...
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Rita Nemr,
Ahmad W. Almawi,
Akram Echtay,
Mai S. Sater,
Hoda S. Daher,
Wassim Y. Almawi
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e37-e40
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Effectiveness of a colour coded HbA1c graphical record in improving diabetes control in people with type 2 diabetes: A randomized control trial
28 November 2011
Abstract: We conducted a six-month randomized-controlled-trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a colour-coded HbA1c-graphical record in improving HbA1c level among type 2 diabetes patients. There was...
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S.S.L. Wong,
C.J. Ng,
S.M. Liew,
N. Hussein
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